traumatization
Inflicting lasting damage
Traumatization is the process of being psychologically damaged by a distressing experience.
The term appears in clinical contexts describing how events produce lasting harm: The study examined traumatization among combat veterans.
It can also describe the act of inflicting such damage: The constant bullying led to her traumatization.
Cruel or violent treatment
- assaultViolent offensive act
- violenceHarmful physical force
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
war · combat · neglect · abandonment · betrayal · loss · witness · victimization
Chronic reaction to horrific events
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- triggerWhat initiates action
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- hypervigilanceHeightened threat sensitivity
nightmare · anxiety · panic · reexperiencing · avoidance · numbing · intrusion · hyperarousal
Systematic annihilation of a people
- slaveryOwnership of people
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
- apartheidRacial separation policy
displacement · refugee · diaspora · historical · cultural · communal · societal · generational
Identification of illness
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- symptomIndicator of disease
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
EMDR · processing · integration · stabilization · grounding · psychotherapy · medication · hospitalization
abuse
Cruel or violent treatment
disaster · war · combat · neglect · abandonment · betrayal · loss · witness · victimization · catastrophe
PTSD
Chronic reaction to horrific events
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- triggerWhat initiates action
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
hypervigilance · nightmare · anxiety · panic · reexperiencing · avoidance · numbing · intrusion · hyperarousal · startle
genocide
Systematic annihilation of a people
- slaveryOwnership of people
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
apartheid · displacement · refugee · diaspora · historical · cultural · communal · societal · generational · inherited
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- symptomIndicator of disease
- treatmentCare for an ailment
intervention · EMDR · processing · integration · stabilization · grounding · psychotherapy · medication · hospitalization · comorbidity
- intimidationthreats, threatening, menacing, intimidate, bullying
- crueltycruelty, brutality, inhumanity, viciousness, ruthlessness
traumatizationhealing
Restoration of health
nurturing · empowerment · restoration · nurturance · upliftment
traumatizationrecovery
Regaining what was lost
healing · rehabilitation · recuperation · restoration · trauma recovery
traumatizationempowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
resilience-building · fortification · strengthening · psychological growth · post-traumatic growth